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Des Moines, Iowa — A federal district court today blocked Iowa’s law prohibiting schools from requiring masks.
Des Moines, Iowa — Eleven parents of children with disabilities and Iowa disability rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit today challenging an Iowa law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates in schools.
Des Moines, Iowa — Today the federal District Court for the Southern District of Iowa approved and adopted a settlement in which the Iowa Department of Public Safety and Iowa State Patrol (ISP) agreed to withdraw bans that the ISP issued to 17 BLM protesters last summer, including five A
The following are statements regarding the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decision today on Ag Gag 1.0.
Des Moines, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court today reversed an important district court decision protecting young Iowans access to critical sex education and teen pregnancy prevention programming.
The unconstitutional legislation would have mandated a 24-hour mandatory delay before a patient could access abortion and also required an additional and medically unnecessary visit to a health center, delaying many abortions by weeks.